I wonder what the "Getting Prepared" thread reads like on the "Zombie Grave Mower Forum"? I'll just bet that we're missing some reeeal important zombie information that our government is witholding from us. I hope you all realize that the government is subsidizing the zombies because when they win they will question polititions far less than other more fragile life forms.

well if you were here and had enough pear wood to run the smoker for 8-12 hours.. I,d put a beef brisket, boston butt roast, turkey and some ribs in the smoker and show you what we call a good feed in Iowa. Along with the wifes potato salad and baked beans. Apple is my favorite fruit wood, but any fruit wood will do well. I've even used mulberry which grows like weeds up here and it does impart a milder flavor but good just the same.

Well there is some pine on the woodpile and I'm not going to take a chance on burning pine pitch ruining $75-100 worth of meat in a smoker load. someone may have tried it but I have not?Don't use treated woods either!

We once had a supplier from Canada NW corner( just across the bay from Seattle), who flew in his sales staff(they were the servers), Pacific Salmon and a smoker that would break down so it would fit in his private(Corporate Jet) plane and Alder Wood and cooked that up for the crew at work.That was the best smoked salmon I've ever ate.

Much of this area of PA uses some Sasafrass mixed in with other woods occasionally. I've had pork done that way and there is just a distant hint of root beer, very good. I want to do some steaks that way someday.

As with all good things, there's a catch... In massive doses, an oil in the bark and root causes cancer in lab rats, thus it's no longer approved by the FDA for food.

1) I am not a lab rat. (maybe another kind, but not lab)
2) I have no intentions on eating a whole tree, just flavoring with a little smoke.
3) my Grandma drank Sassafrass tea a lot. And she died of a regular old respiratory infection at 95 after surviving a stroke at 90.

Say, where did this whole zombie shhhtick get started anyway? I'm going along minding my own business and the next thing I know, I hear some guy in Florida is eating someone's face off. ....and the rest is history. Who starts this stuff?